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L. Agreement between the organization of African Unity and the food and agriculture organization of the United Nations

The Organization of African Unity and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,

Recalling that the Organization of African Unity (hereinafter referred to as "OAU") was established with the purpose, among others, of coordinating and intensifying the cooperation and efforts of independent African States in order to achieve a better life for and to promote the unity and solidarity of the peoples of Africa, in accordance with the provisions of its Charter,

Recalling also that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as "FAO") was established for the purpose of raising levels of nutrition and standards of living of the peoples, securing improvements in the efficiency of the production and distribution of all food and agricultural products, bettering the conditions of rural populations, and thus humanity's freedom from hunger,

Considering the interest of the OAU in promoting cooperation in matters pertaining to or connected with food and agriculture in Africa,

Being desirous of coordinating their efforts in Africa with a view to achieving their common aims within the framework of the United Nations Charter, the Charter of OAU and the Constitution of FAO,

Have agreed as follows:

Article I

Cooperation

1. OAU and FAO agree to cooperate with each other through their appropriate organs with respect to all matters of common interest that arise in the fields of food and agriculture.

2. FAO shall, as far as possible and in conformity with its constitutional instruments and decisions of its competent bodies, give due consideration to requests for technical assistance made by the Organization of African Unity. It shall continue to support the activities of the OAU aimed at the establishment of the AEC as stipulated notably in the Final Act of Lagos and all other documents dealing with the food and agricultural sector.

3. OAU shall give due consideration to requests to enlist political, technical and financial support for the goals and objectives of FAO, in particular in its fore.

Article II

Mutual consultation

  • 1. OAU and FAO shall consult on all the matters mentioned in Article I that are of common interest to them.

    2. OAU shall inform FAO of any plans for the development of its activities in the fields of food and agriculture. It shall consider any proposals concerning such plans as may be made to it by FAO with a view to securing effective coordination between the two organizations and avoiding unnecessary duplication of activities.

    3. FAO shall inform OAU of any plans for the development of its activities in Africa. It shall consider any proposals concerning such plans as may be made to it by OAU with a view to securing effective coordination between the two organizations and avoiding unnecessary duplication of activities.

    4. When circumstances so require, OAU and FAO shall engage in consultations with a view to selecting the best means of ensuring that their activities in matters of common interest are fully effective.

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    Article III

    Reciprocal representation

  • 1. OAU shall invite FAO to be represented at sessions of its Specialized Commissions and at technical conferences or meetings, at which questions of interest to FAO are to be discussed. The observer representing FAO may participate without vote in the deliberations of such sessions, conferences or meetings with respect to matters in which FAO is interested.

    2. FAO shall invite OAU to be represented at all sessions of the FAO Conference and the FAO Council and at all other conferences and meetings held under the auspices of FAO in which Member States of OAU participate. The observer representing OAU may participate without vote in the deliberations of such sessions, conferences or meetings with respect to matters in which OAU is interested.

    3. After consultation with FAO and, subject to its agreement, OAU may present a document to the FAO Regional Conference for Africa.

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    Article IV

    Meetings

  • 1. OAU and FAO may, in appropriate cases, agree to convene under their auspices, according to arrangements to be made in each particular case, joint meetings concerning matters of interest to both Organizations. The manner in which measures proposed by such joint meetings may be put into effect will be determined by the two organizations.

    2. In appropriate cases, meetings convened by one organization may call for the cooperation and participation of the other organization. The scope of such cooperation and participation will be the subject of arrangements in each case, taking into account any relevant resolution approved by the organization responsible for the convening of the meeting.

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    Article V
    Joint action

  • 1. OAU and FAO may, through special arrangements, decide upon joint action with a view to attaining objects of common interest. These arrangements shall define the ways and means in which each of the two organizations shall participate in this action, and shall specify the financial commitments, if any, that each is to assume.

    2. OAU and FAO may, when they consider it desirable, set up joint commissions, committees or other bodies, on conditions to be mutually agreed in each case, to advise them on matters of common interest.

    3. The Executive Heads of OAU and FAO may, at their request, be invited to address each other's Governing Bodies on issues related to food and agricultural development in Africa.

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    Article VI

    Assistance in technical, research and in other related fields

  • 1. Joint requests for aid from two or more Member States to either organization may, if the Governments concerned so request, be the subject of consultations between the two Organizations.

    2. Joint studies may be undertaken by OAU and FAO and joint programmes established between them.

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    Article VII

    Statistical and legislative information

    OAU and FAO will concert their efforts to obtain the best use of statistical and legislative information and to ensure the most effective utilization of their resources in the assembling, analysis, publication and diffusion of such information, with a view to reducing the burden on the Governments and other Organizations from which such information is collected.

    Article VIII

    Exchange of information and documents

  • 1. Subject to such arrangements as may be necessary for the safeguarding of classified material, OAU and FAO shall arrange for the fullest exchange of information and documents concerning matters of common interest.

    2. OAU shall be kept informed by FAO of developments in the latter's work which are of interest to OAU.

    3. FAO shall be kept informed by OAU of developments in the latter's work which are of interest to FAO.

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    Article IX

    Administrative arrangements

    The Secretary-General of OAU and the Director-General of FAO shall make appropriate administrative arrangements to ensure effective cooperation and liaison between the Secretariats of the two organizations.

    Article X

    Implementation of the agreement

  • 1. The Secretary-General of OAU and the Director-General of FAO shall consult with each other upon questions arising out of the present Agreement.

    2. The Secretary-General of OAU and the Director-General of FAO may make such supplementary administrative arrangements for the implementation of this Agreement as may appear desirable in the light of experience.

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    Article XI

    Entry into force, amendment and termination

  • 1. As soon as it has been approved by the appropriate Governing Bodies of OAU and FAO, the present Agreement shall be signed by the appointed representatives of the two organizations and shall enter into force on the date of such signature.

    2. The terms of this Agreement may be amended by mutual agreement.

    3. Either of the parties may terminate this Agreement by giving six months' written notice to the other party.

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    Done in duplicate, in the English and the French languages, both texts being equally authentic.

    For the: ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY
    Place: Date:
    For the: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
    Place: Date:

     

    M. Scale of contributions - 1996 and 1997

    (1994-95 Scale shown for comparative purposes)

    Proposed Scale a/

    Scale
      1996 1997 1994 - 95 b/
    Afghanistan 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Albania 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Algeria 0.17% 0.17% 0.18%
    Angola 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Antigua and Barbuda 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Argentina 0.52% 0.52% 0.65%
    Armenia 0.06% 0.05% 0.15%
    Australia 1.59% 1.59% 1.73%
    Austria 0.93% 0.93% 0.86%
    Azerbaijan e/ 0.13% 0.12% -
    Bahamas 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
    Bahrain 0.02% 0.02% 0.03%
    Bangladesh 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Barbados 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Belgium 1.08% 1.08% 1.21%
    Belize 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Benin 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Bhutan 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Bolivia 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.01% 0.01% 0.05%
    Botswana 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Brazil 1.74% 1.74% 1.82%
    Bulgaria 0.09% 0.09% 0.15%
    Burkina Faso 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Burundi 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Cambodia 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Cameroon 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Canada 3.34% 3.33% 3.56%
    Cape Verde 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Central African Republic 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Chad 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Chile 0 09% 0 09% 0.09%
    China 0.79% 0.79% 0.88%
    Colombia 0.11% 0.11% 0.15%
    Comoros 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Congo 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Cook Islands c/ 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Costa Rica 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Côte d'Ivoire 0.01% 0.01% 0.02%
    Croatia 0.10% 0.10% 0.15%
    Cuba 0.06% 0.05% 0.10%
    Cyprus 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
    Czech Republic 0.28% 0.27% 0.48%
    Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.05% 0.05% 0.06%
    Denmark 0.77% 0.77% 0.74%
    Djibouti 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Dominica 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Dominican Republic 0.01% 0.01% 0.02%
    Ecuador 0.02% 0.02% 0.03%
    Egypt 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
    El Salvador 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Equatorial Guinea 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Eritrea 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Estonia 0.05% 0.04% 0.08%
    Ethiopia 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Fiji 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Finland 0.67% 0.67% 0.65%
    France 6.89% 6.88% 6.86%
    Gabon 0.01% 0.01% 0.02%
    Gambia 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Georgia e/ 0.13% 0.12% -
    Germany 9.73% 9.71% 10.21%
    Ghana 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Greece 0.41% 0.41% 0.40%
    Grenada 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Guatemala 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
    Guinea 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Guinea- Bissau 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Guyana 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Haiti 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Honduras 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Hungary 0.15% 0.15% 0.21%
    Iceland 0 03% 0 03% 0.03%
    India 0.33% 0.33% 0.41%
    Indonesia 0.15% 0.15% 0.18%
    Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.50% 0.48% 0.88%
    Iraq 0.15% 0.15% 0.15%
    Ireland 0.23% 0.23% 0.21%
    Israel 0.29% 0.29% 0.26%
    Italy 5.59% 5.63% 4.91%
    Jamaica 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Japan 16.60% 16.77% 14.24%
    Jordan 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Kenya 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Korea, Republic of 0.88% 0.88% 0.79%
    Kuwait 0.20% 0.20% 0.29%
    Kyrgyz Republic 0.04% 0.03% 0.07%
    Lao 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Latvia 0.09% 0.09% 0.15%
    Lebanon 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Lesotho 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Liberia 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Libya 0.22% 0.21% 0.27%
    Lithuania 0.09% 0.09% 0.17%
    Luxembourg 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
    Madagascar 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Malawi 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Malaysia 0.15% 0.15% 0.14%
    Maldives 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Mali 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Malta 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Mauritania 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Mauritius 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Mexico 0.85% 0.85% 1.01%
    Moldova e/ 0 09% 0 09% -
    Mongolia 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Morocco 0.03% 0.03% 0.03%
    Mozambique 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Myanmar 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Namibia 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Nepal 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Netherlands 1.71% 1.70% 1.72%
    New Zealand 0.26% 0.26% 0.27%
    Nicaragua 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Niger 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Nigeria 0.12% 0.12% 0.23%
    Norway 0.60% 0.60% 0.63%
    Oman 0.04% 0.04% 0.03%
    Pakistan 0.06% 0.06% 0.07%
    Panama 0.01% 0.01% 0.02%
    Papua New Guinea 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Paraguay 0.01% 0.01% 0.02%
    Peru 0.06% 0.06% 0.07%
    Philippines 0.06% 0.06% 0.08%
    Poland 0.36% 0.35% 0.54%
    Portugal 0.30% 0.30% 0.23%
    Qatar 0.04% 0.04% 0.06%
    Romania 0.16% 0.16% 0.20%
    Rwanda 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    St Kitts and Nevis 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Saint Lucia 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    St Vincent & Grenadines 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Samoa 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Sao Tome and Principe 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 0.78% 0.76% 1.10%
    Senegal 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Seychelles 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Sierra Leone 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Slovakia 0.09% 0.09% 0.15%
    Slovenia 0.08% 0.08% 0.10%
    Solomon Islands 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Somalia 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    South Africa 0.35% 0.34% 0.47%
    Spain 2.54% 2.55% 2.26%
    Sri Lanka 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Sudan 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Suriname 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Swaziland 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Sweden 1.32% 1.32% 1.27%
    Switzerland d/ 1.30% 1.30% 1.33%
    Syria 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
    Tajikistan e/ 0.02% 0.02% -
    Tanzania 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Thailand 0.14% 0.14% 0.13%
    The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 0.01% 0.01% 0.02%
    Togo 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Tonga d/ 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Trinidad and Tobago 0.04% 0.03% 0.06%
    Tunisia 0 03% 0.03% 0.03%
    Turkey 0.40% 0.41% 0.31%
    Turkmenistan e/ 0.04% 0.03% -
    Uganda 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    United Arab Emirates 0.20% 0.20% 0.24%
    United Kingdom 5.72% 5.70% 5.74%
    United States of America 25.00% 25.00% 25.00%
    Uruguay 0.04% 0.04% 0.05%
    Vanuatu 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Venezuela 0.36% 0.35% 0.56%
    Viet Nam 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Yemen 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Yugoslavia 0.11% 0.11% 0.18%
    Zaire 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Zambia 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
    Zimbabwe 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
      100.00% 100.00% 100.00%


    a/ Derived directly from the UN Scale of Assessments for 1996 and 1997 as adopted by General Assembly Resolution 49/19 B of 23 December 1994.

    b/ Derived directly from the UN Scale of Assessments for 1992-94 as adopted by General Assembly Resolution 46/221A of 20 December 1991. This scale was subsequently amended, to adopt the recommendations of the Committee on Contributions, at its 94th plenary meeting on 23 December 1992 by decision number 47/456.

    c/ The Secretariat of the UN Committee on Contributions advised that the "theoretical probable" rate of this member of FAO, which is not a member of the UN, would be the minimum rate, i.e. 0.01 percent.

    d/ The contribution rates of these two members of FAO which are not members of the United Nations, are derived from the percentages at which they are called upon by the UN to contribute to certain UN activities.

    e/ New member admitted at the Twenty-eighth Session of the Conference, October 1995.

    PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
    (November 1995- November 1997)

    Chairman
    Germany (D.F.R. Bommer)

    Members
    Algeria (N. Rimouche)
    Australia (J.B. Sharpe)
    Canada (R.F. Andrigo)
    Egypt (A.M. Aboul-Naga)
    Ethiopia (G. Redai)
    Japan (H. Kishi)
    Libya (M.M. Seghayer)
    Mexico (R. Velázquez-Huerta)
    Philippines (Ms M.R. Castillo)
    Trinidad and Tobago (W. Rudder)

    FINANCE COMMITTEE
    (November 1995 - November 1997)

    Chairman
    Pakistan (M. Saleem Khan)

    Members
    Argentina (Ms I. di Giovan Battista)
    Belgium (Ms R. de Clercq)
    Burkina Faso (C. Kiemtore)
    Panama (H.J. Maltez R.)
    Slovakia (Mrs M. Kadlecikova)
    South Africa (J.A. Thomas)
    Sudan (M.S.M.A. Harbi)
    United States of America (T.A. Forbord)

    COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL MATTERS
    (November 1995 - November 1997)

  • Costa Rica
    Czech Republic
    France
    Iraq
    Italy
    Tunisia
    United States of America
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    WFD EXECUTIVE BOARD

    Term of office expiring

    Elected by FAO Council

    		  
    31 December 1996 Albania (E)
      Australia (D)
      Brazil (C)
      Burkina Faso (A)
      France (D)
      Syria (B)
    31 December 1997 Bangladesh (B)
      Burundi (A)
      El Salvador (C)
      Haiti (C)
      Netherlands (D)
      United States of America (D)
    31 December 1998 Algeria (A)
      Canada (D)
      China (B)
      Cuba (C)
      Germany (D)
      Nigeria (A)


    FAO MEMBERS (176)
    (at 31 October 1995)

    Afghanistan
    Albania
    Algeria
    Angola
    Antigua and Barbuda
    Argentina
    Armenia
    Australia
    Austria
    Azerbaijan
    Bahamas
    Bahrain
    Bangladesh
    Barbados
    Belgium
    Belize
    Benin
    Bhutan
    Bolivia
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Botswana
    Brazil
    Bulgaria
    Burkina Faso
    Burundi
    Cambodia
    Cameroon
    Canada
    Cape Verde
    Central African Republic
    Chad
    Chile
    China
    Colombia
    Comoros
    Congo
    Cook Islands
    Costa Rica
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Croatia
    Cuba
    Cyprus
    Czech Republic
    Democratic People's Republic of
    Korea
    Denmark
    Djibouti
    Dominica
    Dominican Republic
    Ecuador
    Egypt
    El Salvador
    Equatorial Guinea
    Eritrea
    Estonia
    Ethiopia
    European Community
    (Member Organization)
    Fiji
    Finland
    France
    Gabon
    Gambia
    Georgia
    Germany
    Ghana
    Greece
    Grenada
    Guatemala
    Guinea
    Guinea-Bissau
    Guyana
    Haiti
    Honduras
    Hungary
    Iceland
    India
    Indonesia
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
    Iraq
    Ireland
    Israel
    Italy
    Jamaica
    Japan
    Jordan
    Kenya
    Korea, Republic of
    Kuwait
    Kyrgyz Republic
    Laos
    Latvia
    Lebanon
    Lesotho
    Liberia
    Libya
    Lithuania
    Luxembourg
    Madagascar
    Malawi
    Malaysia
    Maldives
    Mail
    Malta
    Mauritania
    Mauritius
    Mexico
    Moldova
    Mongolia
    Morocco
    Mozambique
    Myanmar
    Namibia
    Nepal
    Netherlands
    New
    Zealand
    Nicaragua
    Niger
    Nigeria
    Norway
    Oman
    Pakistan
    Panama
    Papua New Guinea
    Paraguay
    Peru
    Philippines
    Poland
    Portugal
    Puerto Rico (Associate Member)
    Qatar
    Romania
    Rwanda
    Saint Kitts and Nevis
    Saint Lucia
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    Samoa
    Sao Tome and Principe
    Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of
    Senegal
    Seychelles
    Sierra Leone
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Solomon Islands
    Somalia
    South Africa
    Spain
    Sri Lanka
    Sudan
    Suriname
    Swaziland
    Sweden
    Switzerland
    Syria
    Tajikistan
    Tanzania
    Thailand
    The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
    Togo
    Tonga
    Trinidad and Tobago
    Tunisia
    Turkey
    Turkmenistan
    Uganda
    United Arab Emirates
    United Kingdom
    United States of America
    Uruguay
    Vanuatu.
    Venezuela
    Viet Nam
    Yemen
    Yugoslavia
    Zaire
    Zambia
    Zimbabwe

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